I've been starting to suspect that my daughter might be quite intelligent. She's my firstborn, currently 6 (in year 2). She's addicted to books, some intended for kids at least twice her age (when she was 4 she insisted that I get her the DK Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life, which is 400 pages long; she read it all and remembers a heck of a lot of it) - but the thing that impressed me recently was a story she wrote (entirely of her own accord). Am I just a doting mother, or is this actually good for her age?

https://imgur.com/a/jdfAe

I started looking back through her old stuff and noticed that it's potentially out of the ordinary. These are from when she was 5:
https://imgur.com/a/hN6Qb
- I'm pretty certain she drew the dinosaur skeleton entirely from imagination..

And there's this gem from her 4th year: https://imgur.com/a/nbPOo

She's been doing this since she was 3 - this is the first piece of evidence I can find: https://imgur.com/a/JT4Cl (my translation)

I'm not sure where she is on the maths side of things, as she is quite introverted and spends most of her time drawing, reading, and imagining. She could add at 3 though; there are a couple of scrawled sums in a notebook she stole from me at the time. That seems impressive. Admittedly the numbers are all backwards. I don't have a reference point for "normal", so can you guys help me out here?

Having some perspective will help a lot with regards to judging what she's capable of academically, and fuelling her passions at the right level. Also since we live in the UK there are a lot less opportunities for gifted kids than in the US, so I'm thinking maybe the online school would be good, but obviously only if she's at the right level.

Thanks!

Last edited by ashxed; 04/02/18 01:32 PM.